Show given recess appointment president coolidge has given a rei cc cess gs appointment to thomas F of new york to be a member of oc W k the lie interstate commerce commission aa following refusal of the senate to confirm the nomination will be obliged to serve without pay until december at that time little if lils ills appointment Is approved k by tile senate lie nitty be granted back pay if lie Is rejected again lie he will have no claim for remuneration mr air lg Is a democrat th the q opposition to air its as publicly expressed by the democrats Is due to the fact that they felt the south should be represented in the particular vacancy of the commission being filled tile the president offered it to two men in the south who declined for private business reasons having tried tho south find and having 14 I 1 also road read tile alie statute which does doe s not it specifically bind air ir coolidge to pick alel ft a man from the south the president went ahead with tit the appointment of air there tire are other things besides southern representation involved in tile the controversy mr air has been a financial writer in ili now new york nail and has spent a good deal oc time in wall street the democrats think tie lie will naturally reflect the alie views blows of the financial find and railroad world rather then the shippers and farmers far mera |